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Side Event- Indigenous Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: Learning from Global Experiences

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues  – Twentieth Session

Wednesday, 21st of April, 2021 11.15am-1.15pm (Eastern Time)

Organized by: Saami Council, Mary Hoch Center for Reconciliation (MHCR), Permanent Mission of Finland to the UN, New York

Agenda:

Event Proceedings Facilitated by Antti Pentikainen, Director, Mary Hoch Center for Reconciliation 

11.15 - Opening

• Anne Nuorgam, Chair, UN Permanent Forum On Indigenous Issues
• Government of Finland     

11.25 - First Panel: Learning from Indigenous Communities Experiences on TRCs 

• Moderator: Eduardo Gonzalez, International expert on transitional justice, Research Professor at the Mary Hoch Center for Reconciliation 
  • o Comparative Paper on Indigenous TRCs to be shared with participants
• Dagfinn Høybråten, Chair, Commission to investigate the Norwegianisation policy and injustice against the Sámi and Kven/Norwegian Finnish peoples
• Liz la quen náay Medicine Crow, First Alaskans Institute
• Anni Koivisto, Vice-Chair, Sámi Parliament in Finland

11.55 - Q&A

12.05 - Second panel: Continued Struggle of Indigenous Rights:  Opportunities and Challenges in Context of TRCs 

• Moderator: Petra Laiti, Finnish Sámi Youth Organization
• Government of Canada
• Liv Inger Somby – Commission member, The commission to investigate the Norwegianisation policy and injustice against the Sámi and Kven/Norwegian Finnish peoples
• Marcus Stewart - Co-Chair,  First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria 

12.50 - Q&A

1.00pm - Summary and Recommendations

• Antti Pentikainen
• Permanent Mission of Finland to the UN, NY

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